- Date
- August 23, 1976
- Place
- Shannon, GA · SHANNON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8494XCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760823026359A
- Case key
- 155378
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2518 76/8/23 NR.SHANNON,GA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 364 TIME - 1930 N8494X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRICKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARIETTA,GA SHANNON,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT ALLOWED ACFT TO DRIFT LEFT ON GO-AROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8494X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fricks
N8494XRegistration cancelled Mar 8, 2013 · Cessna 172CAirframe modelCessna 172CEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.